SUMMONS IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF HARRIONS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI FIRST JUDICIAL DISTIRCT JEFFREY NORROD AND KAREN NORROD PLAINTIFF VERSUS CAUSE NO. 25-2282(4) JAMES P. ELROD, STEPHANIE MARIE ELROD SHAPIRO, STATE OF MISSISSIPPI and ANY AND ALL OTHER PERSONS DEFENDANTS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY INTEREST IN AND TO THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: BEG ON S MAR OF REINIKE RD 515 FT W FROM INTER OF W MAR OF ALEXANDER RD ON 6TH AVE FOR BEG S 150 FT E 90 FT N 150 FT TO S MAR REINIKE RD W 90 FT TO BEG LOT 53 H-S-H SUR SEC 14-8-12 SPECIAL ASSESS LB-11/7/19 PARCEL NO.: 0612D-01-101.000 PPIN:38433 HARRISON COUNTY, FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, MISSISSIPPI SUMMONS THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO: ANY AND ALL PERSONS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY INTEREST IN AND TO THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY You have been made a Defendant in the suit filed in this Court by JEFFREY NORROD AND KAREN NORROD, Plaintiff, seeking to Confirm State Land Patent and Quiet Title. Defendants other than you in this action are THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. You are required to mail or hand deliver a copy of a written response to the Complaint filed against you in this action to Christopher A. Davis, Attorney for Plaintiff, whose address is 2635 Pass Rd. Biloxi, MS 39531. YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS FROM THE 10TH DAY OF Dec., 2025 WHICH IS THE DATE OF THE FIRST TH PUBLICATION OF THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR DELIVERED, A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE MONEY OR OTHER RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE COMPLAINT. You must also file the original of your Response with the Clerk of this Court within a reasonable time afterward. Issued under my hand and the seal of said Court, this 1st day of December, 2025. County Clerk of Hancock County (Seal) BY: _____________________________ Publish Dates: 12/10/2025 12/17/2025 12/24/2025 IPL0296506 Dec 10,17,24 2025